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In industrial manufacturing, rubber printing usually means applying identification, graphics or functional marks to a rubber part. The best process may be pad printing, screen printing, UV digital printing, transfer or specialist marking, depending on compound, shape, flexibility, abrasion and...

A UV flatbed printer can decorate selected rubber parts when the tested ink system bonds to the actual compound and tolerates the required deformation. Clean the surface, secure the part without distorting it, use a safe head gap, print representative...

Printing directly on rubber requires the ink, surface preparation, curing, and test method to match the exact elastomer. Silicone, EPDM, nitrile, natural rubber, and thermoplastic elastomers can respond differently. A successful sample on one compound does not qualify another.(Last modified...